Alphabetical List of Databases - E

A fully searchable collection of virtually every book, pamphlet, and broadside published in America from 1639 to 1800, based on Charles Evans's American Bibliography.

A fully searchable collection of more than 36,000 books, pamphlets, and broadsides published in America between 1801 and 1819, based on Ralph R. Shaw's and Richard H. Shoemaker's American Bibliography.

Provides coverage of earthquake engineering and earthquake hazard mitigation. Currently has over 102,000 records in the index from 1971-present, plus several hundred earlier classic papers and reports. Both journal articles and conference proceedings are included.

An index of economic literature from periodicals, books, dissertations and working papers, 1969-present.

Indexes and abstracts over 500 professional and scholarly education journals. Dates of coverage vary by title, but some go back to 1983. For 250 of the journals, full-text of the articles is provided, some back to 1994, but most for only the most recent 5 years.

Compendex, the online version of Engineering Index, is a comprehensive database of engineering research literature, containing references to over 5000 engineering journals and conferences. 1884-present. The default search covers 1969-present. Use the pull-down menu to change the years of search coverage. The EI Compendex backfile added records from 1884-1968.

EIS extracts the key issues from complex government-released environmental impact statements, converting massive documents into concise, readable abstracts. 1985-present. Updated bi-monthly.

Multimedia encyclopedia on the history, geography, and culture of Africans and people of African descent.

Searchable and browsable collection of Encyclopedia Britannica's latest article database, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, the Britannica Book of the Year, and thousands of links to other World Wide Web sites selected by Britannica editors.

A scholarly encyclopedia of clothing and other body adornments, from all times and places.

The classic, scholarly English-language encyclopedia of world philosophy. Completely revised and updated in 2006.

Provides access to over 6.7 million abstracts from EI Compendex (1884-present), the full text of U.S. patents (1976-present), and the full text of 110+ CRC engineering handbooks. Also includes links to more than 10,000 websites, selected, reviewed, and evaluated by experts.

Includes the full text of 100+ CRC Press engineering handbooks. Searchable by keyword only. This database can also be accessed through Engineering Village 2. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0+ or a compatible .pdf viewer to access these files.

Covers the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production. 1990-present.

This multidisciplinary database provides abstracts and references to the literature covering all areas of air, land, water, and noise pollution, as well as bacteriology, ecology, toxicology, risk assessment, environmental engineering, environmental biotechnology, waste management, and water resources. 1981-present. Updated monthly.

Database of the Educational Resources Information Center, indexing and abstracting education journal literature, as well as ERIC documents. 1966-present. Updated monthly.

This is a database of approximately 80% of the ERIC documents indexed in the ERIC database from 1993-present (or, ED348466-). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0+ or a compatible .pdf viewer to access the full-text files.

Cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and other works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Focuses on humanities and social sciences literature. 1985-present. Updated annually.

A comprehensive full-text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press, with archival material back to 1985.